To hate dressing up for Halloween?

[PinkGlitter123]

Work always get us to do it and I hate the expense and feeling self conscious.
Will plain black jeans, a black top and black bat wings work or will I be accused of making no effort?

Suppose it depends on where u work

A preschool

What about black top/trousers with cat ears headband and draw on whiskers and nose? Probably look a bit better than just wings

I love dressing up for halloween

I can't wear make up as have skin allergies,
I am very shy so hate doing stuff like this.

What did you do last year?

If you work in a pre-school then I don't expect the costumes will need to be all singing / dancing, as they will need to be practical and not frightening.

What about something like this.

www.amazon.co.uk/BlessFashions-Halloween-Printed-T-Shirts-Skeleton/dp/B07HNQW7WL?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I know several people who won't get involved in Halloween as they are staunch church members. I don't think anyone should be forced to dress up. I wouldn't.

Do not do it if you don’t feel comfortable. I am like you and hate anything fancy dress.

You can get Halloween t shirts etc. Not a costume but an idea and proably much cheaper!

I just end up feeling really self conscious and hate the expense.
Thanks for the idea, I may go for that or keep with the bat wings, add bat ears and wear all black.

I didn't work in this job last year and so haven't dressed up in years for Halloween

I hate costume dress. I have a hoodie with cat ears that says, 'I'm a cat' and wheel that out every year. Also have skin allergies and cannot use makeup.

H&M do a really cheap black skeleton jumper, I think it’s about £7. Maybe that, just so you look like you’ve made an effort?

It's your choice OP. However I think if you go for bat wings and ears they will get taken off throughout the day, and you will end up looking like you haven't dressed up. The idea of a jumper or T shirt would be better as you can reuse each year, it looks like you've joined in, and most importantly it's comfortable.

Boohoo have a skeleton jumpsuit. Comfy, practical, and dressing up without even trying. www.boohoo.com/halloween-skeleton-print-jumpsuit/DZZ66264-105-16.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwoebsBRCHARIsAC3JP0JbDVHNrv6cEV4c7Bsj-3n1x9AvLsMQlEnyWhWUUZqKouo7L8jxwUMaAv2PEALw_wcB&istCompanyId=4bd63293-f970-4d25-8695-422e3c08a364&istBid=t&istItemId=walmammwm&gclsrc=aw.ds&istFeedId=4213e776-38e9-4fed-89b9-aadfd4011112

Wear your normal clothes and when people ask “why haven’t you dressed up?” say “I have”. “I’ve come as a serial killer” Then give them a hard stare 😀

I loathe all that stuff too. I am a nurse and work with people with learning disabilities. I compromise by wearing something I can take off quickly if I need to be serious happens..ie..for our fun dsy I had fairy wings and a wand....however I did misjudge size of wings and had to walk sidewsys through doors...so beware!

Second buying something now you can wear over and over. I have a pair of skeleton leggings I got in the sale around 7 years ago and wear them with a black tunic or dress every Halloween (sometimes with a skull headband/face paint depending on what we’re doing)

I’m doing the dressing all in black and adding cat ears and a tail thing this year. I think it’s fine.

Why does anyone think that a jumpsuit is practical? Have you never been to the loo in one?

I can't see why anyone would think bat wings and ears/dressing all in black is any better than wearing say a skeleton top. (In terms of effort)
Glad its not just me who hates it. The preschool only runs of a morning so not worried too much about practicalities of things being taken off

I hate these sort of things too. Where I work used to try and do this but so many people just ignored it that they gave up asking. Its a shit day for me anyway. My mum died on 31 October (not recently but still...). Obviously I realise no one would know this but I just wish people would have a bit more sensitivity when they are trying to enforce these "fun" occasions on other people.

I absolutely refuse to do fancy dress in any circumstances. Stupid and often expensive and wasteful.

Just wear a really truly horrific mask, guaranteed to terrify the children, you'll be asked to remove it, then you can say at least you tried. 😂

I wasn’t suggesting the skeleton top would look like you’ve made more of an effort than with the bat wings etc. I meant as opposed to not dressing up, and it was a cheap and easy idea. I think either would be fine, especially for a pre-school where you need to be comfortable.

Just get a headband with spiders or pumpkins on from Asda.